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Today We Celebrate the Lord’s Last Supper
Jesus who set the example of humility and servanthood just moments before enjoying this small but most important meal.
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper, or communion as a remembering of the sacrifice that was paid in our place.
Jesus took the full weight of the Wrath of God, so that you and I by Faith can be seen as Jesus Himself as seen, perfectly spotless, cleaned, and pure.
But what we often times over look is the covenant that Jesus made
But in the following instructions, I cannot praise you. For it sounds as if more harm than good is done when you meet together.
First, I hear that there are divisions among you when you meet as a church, and to some extent I believe it.
But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
When you meet together, you are not really interested in the Lord’s Supper.
For some of you hurry to eat your own meal without sharing with others. As a result, some go hungry while others get drunk.
What? Don’t you have your own homes for eating and drinking? Or do you really want to disgrace God’s church and shame the poor? What am I supposed to say? Do you want me to praise you? Well, I certainly will not praise you for this!
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread
and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.”
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.
For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself.
That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.
But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.
Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
So, my dear brothers and sisters, when you gather for the Lord’s Supper, wait for each other.
If you are really hungry, eat at home so you won’t bring judgment upon yourselves when you meet together. I’ll give you instructions about the other matters after I arrive.
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread
and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”
In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.”
For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.
For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself.
1 Corinthians 11:23-
The Bread is to symbolize the broken, tortured, and pierced body of Jesus, The body is the symbol for the Punishment for our sin. - in the same way that Isaiah expresses,
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like a root in dry ground. There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected— a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
The Cup Of Course symbolizes the Blood of Christ that Paid the Penalty for our Sins But the Cup is much more than just to reflect the blood of Jesus, it is also the Blood of the New Covenant, and that New Covenant that Jesus established on that night before the Cross was the Covenant of the Wedding between Christ and the Church.
In a Jewish Wedding Ceremony, the Groom and Bride would share a cup of wine, as a symbol of their covenant - it was the intention of the proposal. So in Jesus declaring that this cup would be the Wedding Covenant between Himself and his Bride - that he would PAY for with his own blood.
It was intended by God far back into the Old Testament book of Hosea, when God said about HIs people
Hosea 2:19-2
I will make you my wife forever, showing you righteousness and justice, unfailing love and compassion.
I will be faithful to you and make you mine, and you will finally know me as the Lord.
So as we pass out the Elements of Communion
isaiah
But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.
When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I gave Egypt as a ransom for your freedom; I gave Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Others were given in exchange for you. I traded their lives for yours because you are precious to me. You are honored, and I love you.
The Bread Symbolizing the Punishment for our Sin
The Cup of the New Covenant as Payment for our Sin, and as Covenant of Marriage between Christ and His Church
Reflect on the Goodness of God to provide Salvation, Life, and Eternal Hope that flows from His Grace. And be thankful that you are his Bride, and the proposal was made - and that He eagerly Awaits to drink the full Cup in the Kingdom and the Wedding Feast in Heaven’s Glory.